His performance was gripping, with rapturous renderings of perfumed textures…
– San Jose Mercury News

Greg Anderson
PIANO

BIO

In pursuit of his mission to make classical music a relevant and powerful force in society, Greg Anderson has developed a multi-faceted career as a pianist, composer, and filmmaker. Today Greg is an internationally renowned concert pianist with live tours reaching four continents and 24 countries, 30+ million music video views, daily radio plays, and over a thousand performances of his compositions every year. His intuitively creative approach and ability to connect with the next generation have attracted the attention of such media outlets as PBS, MTV, the BBC, and the Today Show. He is profiled in Nick Romeo’s Driven and has been featured on NPR’s Performance Today, All Things Considered, and A Prairie Home Companion, as well as Pianist, Gramophone, and Listen magazines. 

For over two decades, Greg has performed in collaboration with Elizabeth Joy Roe as the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo, noted as “the most dynamic duo of this generation” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and “the very model of complete 21st-century musicians” (The Washington Post). Their five critically acclaimed albums on the Universal and Steinway record labels have spent over a dozen weeks at the top of the Billboard Classical Charts.

Greg has toured extensively as a soloist, duo pianist, and chamber musician, performing in many of the world’s most significant concert halls, from Carnegie Hall to Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts. He has performed at dozens of summer music festivals, at the Gilmore and Gina Bachauer International Piano Festivals, and with the orchestras of San Francisco, Vancouver, Calgary, St. Paul, Rochester, Liverpool, and more.

A world leader on the advancement of classical music, Greg has been invited to present at numerous international leader symposiums, and he has hosted NPR’s From the Top and webcasts of the Cliburn International Piano Competition. He has produced, directed, and edited 70+ music videos, and with an Emmy nomination, premieres at international film festivals, and millions of views on YouTube, his films have been influential in shaping the 21^st-century classical music video genre. His 100+ compositions and arrangements are featured on the Universal, Sony, EMI, and Steinway record labels and are frequently performed by concert pianists, major orchestras, and amateurs alike.

Greg received his Doctorate and Master of Musical Arts degrees from Yale University and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from The Juilliard School. Greg is a Steinway artist.

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